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October 28, 2009

WS1: Phillies 6, Yankees 1

Cliff Lee pitched a complete game (9-6-1-0-10, 122), not allowing a Yankee beyond second base until an unearned run scored in the ninth.

Chase Utley hit two solo home runs off Sabathia (7-4-2-3-6, 113) and Raul Ibanez hit a two-run single in the eighth. Shane Victorino and Ryan Howard had RBIs in the ninth.

Derek Jeter had three of New York's six hits and scored the lone run in the ninth. Alex Rodriguez went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts. Mark Teixeira was also 0-for-4 and, like Slappy, failed to hit the ball out of the infield.

It's the third straight World Series in which the Yankees lost Game 1 (2001 and 2003). Eleven of the last 12 teams to win Game 1 have gone on to win the World Series.

160 comments:

• The dumbest question of the day came from a NYC television reporter who asked assorted Yankees how they would fare in the New York City Marathon.

• A TV reporter from Scranton, Pa., asked Phil Hughes if winning the World Series would compare to winning the International League championship last season. Phil, to his credit, did not burst out laughing.

• Here's the difference between A-Rod and Jeter: The Yankees PR director stood guard behind A-Rod during his entire session, waiting to rescue him from any sticky situations or send text messages to Kate Hudson. Jeter was left on his own. It's amusing that a 34-year-old man needs a babysitter.

Really? I am surprised. I can't say I watch every inning of the World Series, but I always watch a good portion of the games, if I can. It's the last time I get to see baseball until the spring, and even when I don't care who wins, I savor these last 4-7 games. I don't watch sports all winter, except maybe the Superbowl to be sociable. It's baseball or nothing at all.

Buck and McShithead annoy me so friggin' much, that I would have to watch on mute -- and that's hard to do when I don't have a stake in the game.

We get a Fox feed from Buffalo, but we also get the international feed, which I think is O'Brien and Sutcliffe. I was really hoping for the Dodgers, so we could get Scully on the audio. Are the Phillies radio guys any good?

SoSHer DieHardSoxFan1:"Courtesy of the Palm Beach Post, a video link of A-Rod blowing his 1993 high school state championship game by airmailing a routine 6-4 putout in the bottom of the 9th. This was the final play of A-Rod's amateur career, a mere three weeks before he was taken #1 overall by the Mariners."